Bleeding Kansas
Proper noun
Meaning
Bleeding Kansas
(historical) A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859, emerging from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.
Synonym: Bloody Kansas
Examples
As the American Civil War neared, violence spread into Missouri during the Bleeding Kansas incidents.
Furthermore, it has also been argued that the dismissal of Native Americans as civilized societies removed white settlers from responsibility for their transgressions against Indian tribes in Kansas throughout the duration of Bleeding Kansas.
Her brothers Daniel and Merritt moved to Kansas to support the anti-slavery movement there. citation Merritt fought with John Brown against pro-slavery forces during the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era (2006) Successive territorial governors, usually sympathetic to slavery, attempted unsuccessfully to maintain the peace.
There were continual raids and ambushes by both sides in " Bleeding Kansas ".
Though their role has been largely minimized or excluded in many historical accounts, Native Americans were also subjected to a great deal of violence during Bleeding Kansas.